2015 GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1-4 November 2015)

Session No. 264
Wednesday, 4 November 2015: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 331/332 (Baltimore Convention Center)

Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography

Hamada S. Badr and Peter D. Clift, Chairs
Paper #
Start Time
8:00 AM
ON THE REGIONALIZATION OF AFRICAN PRECIPITATION FOR PALEOCLIMATE STUDIES
BADR, Hamada S., DELUCA, Nicole M., LEVIN, Naomi E. and ZAITCHIK, Benjamin F., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, badr@jhu.edu
8:15 AM
COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PRECIPITATION PROXIES FROM MODERN NORTH AMERICAN SOILS AND PALEOSOLS FROM RUSINGA AND MFANGANO ISLANDS, LAKE VICTORIA, KENYA
MICHEL, Lauren A., Perot Museum of Nature and Science, 2201 N. Field Street, Dallas, TX 75201, TABOR, Neil J., Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, 3225 Daniel Ave, Dallas, TX 75275-0395, MYERS, Timothy S., Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275-0395, DRIESE, Steven G., Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Dept. of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354 and PEPPE, Daniel J., Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, Lauren.michel@perotmuseum.org
8:30 AM
CHEMICAL WEATHERING, EROSION AND PROVENANCE RECORD OF SOUTHWESTERN OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA SINCE MIDDLE MIOCENE
LIU, Chang, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, CLIFT, Peter D., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, E235 Howe-Russell-Kniffen Geoscience Complex, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, MURRAY, Richard W., Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 and BLUSZTAJN, Jerzy S., Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 266 Woods Hole Rd., Woods Hole, MA 02543, cliu14@tigers.lsu.edu
8:45 AM
THE OCCURRENCE OF THE MIDDLE DARRIWILIAN CARBON ISOTOPE EXCURSION IN KOREAN LOWER PALEOZOIC SUCCESSION AND ITS PALEOCEANOGRAPHICS IMPLICATIONS
BANG, Sunhwa and LEE, Yong Il, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 151-747, South Korea, diemist4@snu.ac.kr
9:00 AM
A COMPARISON OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CMIP5 MODELS AT SIMULATING LAKE LEVEL CHANGES IN THE WESTERN U.S. DURING THE MID-HOLOCENE
EUKER, Brandon C., Department of Geology and Environmental Science, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807; NOAA, David Skaggs Research Center, Boulder, CO 80305, eukerbc@dukes.jmu.edu
9:15 AM
SYNDEPOSITIONAL FORMATION OF CALCAREOUS NODULES ON CRETACEOUS MUDDY SEA FLOOR: POTENTIAL MUDDY NODULE PALEOTHERMOMETRY
HASEGAWA, Takashi1, KOBIYAMA, Yosuke2, YONEZAWA, Shunsuke2, SUZUKI, Takaaki2 and MORI, Takami2, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Natural Systems, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa, 920-1192, Japan, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, 920-1192, Japan, jh7ujr@staff.kanazawa-u.ac.jp
9:30 AM
COSMOGENIC NUCLIDE CONSTRAINTS ON THE TIMING OF LITTLE ICE AGE GLACIAL ADVANCES IN THE EASTERN TIAN SHAN, CHINA
LI, Yingkui1, LI, Yanan1, LIU, Gengnian2, CHEN, Yixin2 and ZHANG, Mei2, (1)Department of Geography, University of Tennessee, 304 Burchfiel Geography Building, Knoxville, TN 37996, (2)College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China, yli32@utk.edu
 
9:45 AM
Break
10:00 AM
DIFFERENTIAL STABLE ISOTOPIC RESPONSE IN PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA FROM THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM, NEW JERSEY COASTAL PLAIN
MAKAROVA, Maria, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 610 Taylor Rd., Piscataway, NJ 08854-8066, WRIGHT, James D., Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854 and MILLER, Kenneth G., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, geomak.msu@gmail.com
10:15 AM
EXPERIMENTAL CONSTRAINTS ON A NEW LEAF GAS-EXCHANGE METHOD FOR PALEO-CO2 RECONSTRUCTION
MILLIGAN, Joseph N. and ROYER, Dana L., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459, jmilligan@wesleyan.edu
10:30 AM
ORIGIN OF THEATER-HEADED VALLEYS IN THE SAHARA: IMPLICATION FOR OUTFLOW CHANNELS ON MARS
ABOTALIB, Abotalib Z., Geosciences, Western Michigan University, 1903 W. Michigan Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49008; Geology department, National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences, Cairo, Egypt, SULTAN, Mohamed, Geosciences, Western Michigan University, 1903 W. Michigan Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5241, ELKADIRI, Racha, Geosciences, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN 37132, HEGGY, Essam, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 91109; Geosciences, Western Michigan University, 1903 W Michigan Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5241 and SAAD, Ahmed M., Geology department, Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt, abotalibzakia.farag@wmich.edu
10:45 AM
NATURE AND TIMING OF THE QUATERNARY WET CLIMATIC PERIODS IN NORTH AFRICA AND ARABIA:  ISOTOPIC, CHRONOLOGIC, AND REMOTE SENSING CONSTRAINTS
SULTAN, Mohamed1, EMIL, Mustafa2, ABOTALIB, Abotalib Z.3, ABOUELMAGD, Abdou4, ALZAHARANI, Abdullah5, REFAI, Alaa5, ALQTHAMY, Khaled5, ALAAMRI, Mohamed5 and BAHAMIL, Alaa5, (1)Geosciences, Western Michigan University, 1903 W. Michigan Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5241, (2)Geosciences, Western Michigan University, 1903 W. Michigan Avenue, Kalamazoo, MI 49008, (3)Geology department, National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences, Cairo, Egypt; Geosciences, Western Michigan University, 1903 W. Michigan Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49008, (4)Geology, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt, (5)Saudi Geological Survey, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, mohamed.sultan@wmich.edu
11:00 AM
SAND RAMP EVIDENCE FROM SOUTHERN NAMIBIA OF LATE QUATERNARY EPISODES OF GREATER ARIDITY AND STRONGER WINDS
WANG, Lixin, Department of Geography, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-2502, BROOK, George A., Department of Geography, University of Georgia, 210 Field Street, Athens, GA 30602 and MARAIS, Eugene, National Museum of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia, lixin0@uga.edu
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